NESN To Broadcast Monday's Men's Basketball Game At Brown

Dec 27, 2008

Quinnipiac
University Bobcats (6-4, 2-0 NEC) at

Brown
University Bears (4-6, 0-0 Ivy League)

Monday, Dec. 29, 2008
 1 p.m.

Pizzitola
Sports Center  Providence, R.I.

Monday
Matinee on NESN

The
Quinnipiac University men's basketball team returns to action
Monday, when it travels to Providence, R.I., to take on Brown. The
1 p.m. start can be seen live on NESN. The Bobcats look to bounce
back from an 84-79 loss to Vermont, Dec. 21. Quinnipiac trailed by
20 with just 6:37 remaining, but stormed back to within three with
less than 10 seconds left. Brown lost last time out at Wagner,
78-66, on Dec. 21. Against common opponents, the Bobcats are 3-0 to
the Bears' 2-1 mark. Brown leads the all-time series, 4-1,
including wins in the last three meetings.

Scouting
the Brown Bears

Brown
is led by junior forward Matt Mullery, who's averaged a team-high
15.3 points and 1.5 blocks to go along with 5.9 rebounds per game.
Sophomore forward Peter Sullivan is close behind at 14.6 points and
5.3 rebounds per game, while sophomore guard Adrian Williams has
also scored in double figures at 12.1 points per game. Senior
forward Chris Skrelja has posted 8.1 points and a team-high 6.4
rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.

On
The Air

Monday's
game can be seen live on NESN-TV. Bill Schweizer will have the
play-by-play call with Bill Mecca on color and Rich Coppola
providing sideline reports.

Last
Time Against Brown

DeMario
Anderson scored 22 points, dished out seven assists and grabbed six
rebounds, but the Bobcats were defeated, 86-79, in overtime, Dec.
3, 2007, at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. Evann Baker, James
Feldeine and Justin Rutty each totaled 10 points for the Bobcats.
Mark McAndrew led all five Brown starters in double figures with 21
points. Damon Huffman added 18 points.

Last
Time Out Against Vermont

The
Bobcats stormed back from down 20 points with 6:37 remaining in
regulation to cut the deficit to three with less than 10 seconds
remaining, but fell, 84-79, to Vermont. James Feldeine scored a
game-high 26 points, while Justin Rutty posted a double-double of
22 points and 10 rebounds. James Johnson added 15 points and five
of the Bobcats' season-high 16 steals.

Road
Warriors

Quinnipiac
has won all four games it's played on the road this season. The
Bobcats have defeated Hartford, Maine, Wagner and Dartmouth in the
road blue jerseys.

Stealth
Sixteen

The
Bobcats swiped a season-high 16 steals, Dec. 21, against Vermont.
James Johnson led all Quinnipiac players with five steals, while
James Feldeine had three. Louis Brookins, DeAndre' Bynum and Justin
Rutty also pitched in with two apiece. The 16 steals tie for
third-most by a Quinnipiac team in a single game in the Bobcats'
11-year history at the Division I level. The Bobcats made 20 steals
against Wagner, Feb. 26, 2000, before committing 17 thefts against
Manhattanville on Dec. 7, 2002. The 16 steals made on Dec. 21,
2008, tie the same mark set Feb. 26, 2007, at Sacred Heart.

Feldeine
Fielding Awards

James
Feldeine earned his second straight NEC Player of the Week Award,
Dec. 22, sharing the honor with Robert Morris guard Jeremy
Chappell. Feldeine was also named Mid-Majority Baller of the Week
by midmajority.com. Feldeine averaged 27.5 points and 8.0 rebounds
in leading the Bobcats to a 1-1 week. He scored a career-high 29
points at Dartmouth.

Rutty
Reaches Elite Status

Justin
Rutty currently ranks in the top five in the NEC among scorers
(16.0 ppg, 5th) and rebounders (8.2 rpg, 4th), becoming the only
player in the league to rank in the top five of both categories. In
addition, his 4.4 offensive rebounds per game rank first in the NEC
by a 1.4 offensive rebounds per game margin.

First-Half
Feldeine

James
Feldeine has scored at least 15 points in the first half of three
of 10 games this season, and at least nine points in the first half
of six games. After scoring 16 in the initial stanza against Army
and 15 in the first half at Wagner, Feldeine exploded for 22
first-half points en route to a career-high 29 points at Dartmouth.
The Bobcats won all three games.

Giveth,
But You Can't Taketh Away

James
Johnson is second in the Northeast Conference in assist-to-turnover
ratio at 1.79. He's dished out 52 assists (5.2 apg, 3rd-NEC) while
turning it over just 29 times.

Welcome
Back

Louis
Brookins returned to the line-up, Dec. 21, after missing the last
seven games dues to injury and scored 10 points against Vermont. He
made four of five field-goal attempts and connected on both of his
chances from the free-throw line. Brookins also made two steals in
25 minutes off the bench.

Feldeine
Fillin' It Up

While
the Bobcats lost DeMario Anderson to graduation and his personal
double-digit points streak ended at an NEC-record 48 games, James
Feldeine has taken over Anderson's role as a consistent
double-figure scorer. Feldeine has reached a 10th point in each of
the Bobcats' 10 games this season.

Floor
General Johnson

James
Johnson has taken control of the point guard position in just his
freshman season. After posting modest statistics while playing a
key role in Quinnipiac's 2-0 start, Johnson has averaged 11.8
points, 5.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals, while shooting
52.9 percent (9-17) from three-point range. He's started his first
10 collegiate games, becoming just the fourth Quinnipiac player to
do so at the Division I level.

On
the Rebound

The
Bobcats offensive rebounding prowess (15.10 per game - 1st-NEC) has
resulted in holding opponents to 30.9 rebounds per game (1st-NEC)
and a +8.2 rebounding margin (1st-NEC).

Fine
To Be Feldeine

James
Feldeine currently ranks among the Northeast Conference's best in
several categories. He's second in scoring at 18.8 points per game
and seventh in rebounds (7.3). His 5.3 defensive rebounds per game
rank seventh and 49.6 field-goal percentage is 10th. He also ranks
13th in free-throw percentage (76.6) and 14th in three-point
field-goal percentage (40.0). His 1.60 three-point field goals made
per game are tied for 11th. His 1.3 steals and 2.5 assists per game
rank 13th and 15th, respectively.

Regular
For Rutty

Justin
Rutty has shot 67.3 percent (72-for-107) this season (1st-NEC),
besting his Northeast Conference leading 59.0 percent average of a
year ago.

Can't
Touch C-T

The
rest of the Northeast Conference is currently looking up in the
standings at the league's three schools from Connecticut.
Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart sit atop the league at 2-0, while
Central Connecticut is 1-0. The rest of the league has at least one
conference loss.

2-0
Moore For QU

Quinnipiac
Head Coach Tom Moore has led the Bobcats to a 2-0 start in NEC play
in each of his first two seasons at the helm. Prior to his arrival,
the Bobcats won their first two league games just once, when the
1999-2000 reeled off five straight.

On
Deck

The
Bobcats return to action Dec. 31, when they face Cornell in a final
road non-conference test. The game is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start
at Newman Arena.